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Record 1 2025-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • The Eye
CONT

Conjunctivitis is an inflammation of the conjunctiva, the thin, clear layer that covers the white surface of the eye and the inner eyelid.

CONT

Conjunctivitis is caused by viruses, bacteria, allergens, contact lens use, chemicals, fungi, and certain diseases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Oeil
DEF

Inflammation de la membrane muqueuse qui tapisse la face interne des paupières et une partie du globe oculaire.

OBS

Les conjonctivites peuvent être d'origine virale, bactérienne, parasitaire ou allergique. Elles peuvent également être causées des produits chimiques ou par l'utilisation de verres de contact.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas varias
  • Ojo
DEF

Inflamación de la conjuntiva.

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Record 2 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
DEF

A small, shell-like, bowl-shaped glass or plastic lens that rests directly on the eye, in contact with the cornea or the sclera or both, serving as a new anterior surface of the eye and/or as a retainer for fluid between the cornea and the ... lens, ordinarily to correct for refractive errors of the eye.

CONT

There are two basic types of contact lenses : the scleral lens, which fits over the sclera(white) of the eye, and the corneal lens, which covers only the cornea.

OBS

contact lens: term standardized by ISO in 1986.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
DEF

[...] toute lentille destinée à être portée sur la face antérieure du globe oculaire.

CONT

On distingue deux types de verres de contact : le verre de contact scléral, qui est un grand verre se moulant sur la face antérieure du globe; s'appuyant au pourtour de la cornée et laissant celle-ci dégagée, il isole [...] entre lui et la cornée une lame de liquide; la lentille cornéenne, qui est une petite lentille dont le diamètre est inférieur à celui de la cornée, et qui est maintenue au-devant de la cornée par la tension superficielle du film lacrymal.

OBS

lentille de contact : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO en 1986.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ojo
DEF

Disco pequeño de materia plástica o vidrio, cóncavo de un lado y convexo por el otro, que se aplica directamente sobre la córnea para corregir los defectos de refracción del ojo.

OBS

Lente, término ambiguo no diferenciado, es decir que el significado conceptual se mantiene no importando el género que se use. De acuerdo a la Real Academia Española: “Es válido su uso en ambos géneros en cualquiera de sus acepciones, aunque las preferencias son distintas según las zonas; así, cuando significa "pieza transparente que se emplea en instrumentos ópticos", en España se usa en femenino, mientras que en América alternan ambos géneros, con cierta preferencia por el masculino […]”

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Record 3 2020-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
Universal entry(ies)
Sebastes babcocki
Latin
CONT

Redbanded rockfish are a deep-bodied fish with a rounded head. Underwater they appear white or light pink with four darker red or orange vertical bars on the body(one on the caudal peduncle). The bars tend to be more prominent on smaller fish. The first bar extends from the front of the first dorsal fin to the base of the pectoral fin. They have two oblique bands crossing their heads, one extending backward from the eye and the other near the upper jaw.

OBS

A fish of the family Scorpaenidae.

Key term(s)
  • red banded rockfish

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Sebastes babcocki
Latin
OBS

Poisson de la famille des Scorpaenidae.

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
DEF

The tough white outer coat of the eyeball, covering approximately the posterior five-sixths of its surface, and continuous anteriorly with the cornea and posteriorly with the external sheath of the optic nerve.

OBS

sclera: plural: scleras or sclerae.

Key term(s)
  • sclerae
  • scleras
  • sclera layer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
DEF

Tunique externe du globe oculaire, résistante, blanche, opaque et fibreuse, qui recouvre la plus grande partie de la surface du globe oculaire.

OBS

cornée opaque : synonyme impropre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ojo
DEF

Membrana dura que recubre el ojo, con un orificio en la parte anterior, en que está implantada la córnea transparente.

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Record 5 2017-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Horse Husbandry
CONT

All horses have sclera but the Appaloosa's is white and usually more readily visible than other breeds. All horses can show white around the eye if it is rolled back, up or down or if the eyelid is lifted. Readily visible white sclera is a distinctive Appaloosa characteristic...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Élevage des chevaux

Spanish

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Record 6 2017-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A dark inclusion in a diamond.

CONT

If a black piqué is left in the point of the culet, the whole stone will seem black.

OBS

With the naked eye, [included] crystals may look like white or black spots or tiny dots. Sometimes you may hear black marks referred to as carbon spots, but this can mislead people into believing that coal particles are in their diamonds.... Dark inclusions in diamond were for generations called carbon spots, although it is now known that amorphous carbon does not occur as inclusions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Inclusion foncée dans un diamant.

CONT

Le clivage consiste à fendre la pierre en plusieurs morceaux de façon à dégrossir sa forme tout en éliminant les défauts (points noirs, glaces, etc.) et en recherchant l'utilisation la plus avantageuse du brut.

OBS

À l'œil nu, ces cristaux [inclus] peuvent ressembler à des taches noires ou blanches ou encore à des points minuscules. Parfois, l'expression «points de carbone» est utilisée pour décrire ces taches noires et certaines personnes croient alors que leur diamant contient des particules de charbon. [...] pendant des années, les inclusions foncées dans le diamant étaient qualifiées de «points de carbone»; on sait maintenant que le carbone à l'état amorphe ne se trouve pas en inclusion.

Spanish

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Record 7 2017-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
CONT

McCann, McKee and Taylor next measured the radiance, or energy at the eye, of the various Mondrian areas and of the matching Munsell chips by using a photomultiplier in conjunction with a version of the retinex filters. Since the retinex-photomultiplier combination integrates the flux of radiant energy over a broad band of wavelengths, the instrument provides a value we call integrated radiance. McCann and his colleagues then obtained the integrated radiances from a large sheet of white paper placed under each of the experimental illuminants that had been used to light the Mondrian in the chip-matching experiment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
CONT

Dans une autre expérience, McCann, McKee et Taylor ont mesuré la radiance, c'est-à-dire l'énergie envoyée à l'œil par les diverses zones du «Mondrian» et par les papiers du livre de Munsell; pour mesurer cette énergie, ils ont utilisé un photomultiplicateur et des filtres du type rétinex. La combinaison de ces deux appareils, photomultiplicateur et filtre, intègre le flux d'énergie dans une large gamme de longueurs d'onde: elle donne une valeur qu'on appelle radiance intégrée. McCann et ses collègues ont mesuré les radiances intégrées d'une grande feuille de papier soumise aux divers éclairements utilisés précédemment dans l'expérience d'identification des couleurs du «Mondrian» au moyen des couleurs de Munsell.

Spanish

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Record 8 2015-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Eye Surgery
DEF

A surgical procedure used in the treatment of glaucoma to relieve intraocular pressure by removing part of the eye’s trabecular meshwork and adjacent structures.

OBS

In this procedure, the surgeon creates a passage in the sclera(the white part of the eye) for draining excess eye fluid. A flap is created that allows fluid to escape, but which does not deflate the eyeball. A small bubble of fluid called a "bleb" often forms over the opening on the surface of the eye, which is a sign that fluid is draining out into the space between the sclera and conjunctiva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie de l'œil
DEF

[...] ablation chirurgicale d'une partie du trabéculum [...]

Spanish

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Record 9 2013-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
  • Morphology and General Physiology
DEF

The point in the eye where the coloured part of the eye(iris) and the white covering over the eye(sclera) meet.

OBS

[The drainage angle] is where fluid within the inner eye (which is different from tears that lubricate the eye’s outer surface) drains. Blockage of this angle can lead to increased pressure in the eye. The increased pressure can damage the optic nerve and cause glaucoma.

Key term(s)
  • irido-corneal angle
  • irido-corneal drainage angle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
DEF

Canal de drainage entre l'iris et la cornée.

Key term(s)
  • angle irido-cornéen
  • angle de drainage irido-cornéen

Spanish

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Record 10 2012-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
DEF

A condition characterized by appearance of a whitish reflex or mass in the pupillary area behind the lens.

CONT

When one shines a bright light on the pupil, it normally appears red. In leukocoria, the light makes the pupil look white. This occurs with a number of eye diseases including congenital cataract and retinoblastoma...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
DEF

[...] coloration de la pupille par un reflet blanchâtre, pouvant être dû notamment à une cataracte ou encore à une tumeur rétinienne comme un rétinoblastome.

CONT

La leucocorie n'est visible que dans certaines directions du regard, ou sur des photos prises avec un flash, et ce sont les parents qui la signalent au médecin.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos de la visión
DEF

[Condición en la que] se observa una masa blanquecina detrás de la pupila, o en los que a la exploración no se observa el reflejo rojo de fondo normal y en su lugar se observa un reflejo blanquecino.

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Record 11 2004-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • News and Journalism (General)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

Periodical publication whose contents reside on files and may be read by a user via a network.

CONT

Cybermagazine relaunching with an eye on mass market : K. White says he has visited virtually every E-zine on the Web.

Key term(s)
  • cyber magazine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Information et journalisme (Généralités)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Publication périodique dont le contenu réside sur un fichier et peut être lu par un utilisateur au travers d'un réseau.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Noticias y periodismo (Generalidades)
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 12 2004-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

A black-and-white photograph processed from a photographic light-sensitive emulsion.

OBS

[The] gelatin silver print... process has remained largely unchanged since it was introduced in the 1880s. Paper is coated with gelatin that holds light-sensitive silver halide paticles. Light shone through a negative strikes the paper, activating the silver particles. The paper is placed in a chemical developing solution that allows the transformed silver particles to be seen by the human eye as black, white, and all the gray tones in between.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Tirage positif en noir et blanc sur papier réalisé selon la technique conventionnelle de reproduction d'un phototype sur support photosensible.

Spanish

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Record 13 1997-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typography
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
DEF

A display and jobbing work letter in which the centre of the stroke is recessed and thus beyond the reach of the inkers. The effect on the eye when such letters are printed is one of white areas rather than black.

Key term(s)
  • open faced letter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Typographie (Caractères)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
DEF

Lettre capitale dont on ne marque que le contour, et dont l'intérieur reste en blanc.

Spanish

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Record 14 1995-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Skin
DEF

a blemish or spot

CONT

The subject's hairline was receding even more than usual, and he was sprouting white blotches under his right eye.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil cutané

Spanish

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Record 15 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dog and Cat Breeding
  • Genetics
CONT

All cat associations recognize a color of Persian and Domestic Shorthair cats called odd-eyed white. Cats of this breed have one blue eye and one copper or orange eye.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chiens et chats
  • Génétique
OBS

vairon : se dit des yeux qui n'ont pas une couleur unie, ou qui sont de couleurs différentes.

Spanish

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